Moscow Blames Evacuations In Russian Capitals On Ukrainians – OpEd

Paul Goble

For the last four days, courts, government offices, churches, stores and other public places have been evacuated in Moscow and St. Petersburg after telephone callers said that bombs had been planted there. No bombs have been found, but the authorities have no option but to evacuate people lest one of the reports be true.

What is most disturbing is that Russian media outlets are blaming Ukrainians, a charge without evidence but one that could have serious consequences given the scheduled meeting of the Normandy Format in Paris next week (mk.ru/incident/2019/12/03/smi-soobshheniya-o-minirovanii-v-moskve-idut-iz-ukrainy.html).

Russia has faced what its officials call “telephone terrorism” off and on for the last two years. More than a million Russians have been evacuated.  

(c) Eurasiareview

5 comments

  1. “What is most disturbing is that Russian media outlets are blaming Ukrainians, a charge without evidence ”

    Of course they are, but in reality they are just spreading Kremlin lies. The Kremlin have said nothing about Ukraine being behind these calls, and if they had any evidence, the bike and other assorted puppets would be screaming all over media outlets. Nope this is just another poor attempt by Putin, to put Ukraine in a bad light before this hot air meeting in Paris.

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